Interests: Everything GNU/Linux related, Video Games, R, Python, Open Pandora & DragonBox Pyra, Raspberry Pi. Data analysis with R is for professional purposes while I also enjoy casual Python programming.
I started my computing life on the ORIC-1, followed by the C64 and of course, the beast that was the Amiga (best memories ever).
Co-organizer of Hacker News Kansai Meetups along with Sacha Greif ("Kansai" stands for West Japan, namely Kobe, Osaka, Kyoto). Currently events are on pause following the ongoing COVID19 waves across Japan.
Hi! You can read more about me at http://williampietri.com/. To contact me email my first name at my domain or try https://sfba.social/@williampietri. But a capsule bio is that I'm a software developer, writer, and occasional founder who has worked at or consulted for both for-profits (Bank of America, Capital One, Twitter) and otherwise (Code for America, ADL, Mozilla, NYU).
Per Penny Arcade [1], anonymous accounts being jerks get less leeway from me than people being respectful and/or standing behind their words.
All comments here are my own. I do not speak for my employer.
